JERUSALEM, Israel – The Israeli Defense Forces say they’ve completed their operation in Jabilia after twenty days of fighting. They also announced they have discovered more than 80 tunnels leading from Rafah to Egypt.
The military operation in Rafah continues, as Israel wages battles in other parts of Gaza and along the Egyptian border.
Despite the recent advances in the Philadelphi Corridor, the fate of the remaining hostages looks grim.
Israel’s National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi told family members of the hostages Thursday that Israel won’t end the war as a condition to free all of the hostages.
Hamas demands Israel end the fighting and remove all Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip to secure the captives’ release.
Israel has made clear those demands are off the table.
There are now believed to be 125 hostages remaining in Gaza. Of those, Israel estimates 39 are dead and murdered in captivity by Hamas.
The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday released footage of the tunnel where the bodies of seven hostages were recently found.
After the discovery, the IDF destroyed the tunnel.
In the meantime, National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz, a member of the War Cabinet, introduced a measure in the Knesset to dissolve
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